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Jacob Jackson

Machine Learning Engineer, Cursor. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Jacob Jackson is an AI engineer and entrepreneur who pioneered modern AI code completion by creating Tabnine and later founding Supermaven. A former OpenAI research scientist, he joined Cursor in 2024 after it acquired Supermaven.

What they said5 Shows1

Everything Jacob Jackson said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

SAASTR Opinion

Cursor's Jacob Jackson: AI Tools Have Already Accelerated Many Developers Over 2X

“I think many people have been accelerated more than two X by this technology already. And the technology is only going to get better. So I think comparing it to the developer salary is the right way to look at it.”

Jacob Jackson Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 8:37 Anthropic, Cursor, FaL & Bessemer Venture Partners: The Realities of Scaling AI

SAASTR Disclosure

Jackson: Cursor focuses on tools for experienced developers unlike competitors

“Compared to many other companies in the space, we very much care about making something that we want to use and that a experienced software developer really enjoys using.”

Jacob Jackson Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 25:37 Anthropic, Cursor, FaL & Bessemer Venture Partners: The Realities of Scaling AI

SAASTR Prediction Not checkable as stated

Jackson: GPUs Will Remain Expensive with Real Energy Footprints

“These GPUs are expensive and they have a real footprint in electricity and heat, and that's not going to change.”

Jacob Jackson Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 7:15 Anthropic, Cursor, FaL & Bessemer Venture Partners: The Realities of Scaling AI

SAASTR Disclosure

Jackson: Cursor Sales Team Builds Internal Tools Using Cursor

“Many people in our sales org are also building tools to help the sales org using cursor.”

Jacob Jackson Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 15:53 Anthropic, Cursor, FaL & Bessemer Venture Partners: The Realities of Scaling AI

SAASTR Insight

Jacob Jackson: A single developer acceleration metric is flawed

“To pick a single acceleration factor is difficult because it depends Where you were previously.”

Jacob Jackson Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 25:26 Anthropic, Cursor, FaL & Bessemer Venture Partners: The Realities of Scaling AI

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jacob's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
SAASTRLEDGER	Machine Learning Engineer, Cursor	1	5	—	full record on the Official SaaStr Podcast →